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Variety
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Approved Data
created by Flo_LU at 12.05.2022
Features
Color
yellow
Taste
floury
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
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F
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Description
Light yellow variety. Smooth-skinned. Medium-early to late. Mealy-cooking. Despite the name, old variety from 1894 from Great Britain. Heat tolerant. Numerous, oval-round tubers. Good flavor. Good for purees, soups, dumplings, potato tart dishes, baked potatoes, chips.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Keep frost-free. Pre-germinate in moist sand in a warm, bright room. Soil temperature should be at least 7°C.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Seeding distance
45 cm
Row spacing
65 cm
Seeding depth
10 cm
Companion Plants
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Cauliflower
Chamomile
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Corn / Maize
Horseradish
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Mint
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Oregano
Pak Choi
Parsnip
Phacelia / Scorpionweed / Heliotrope
Soybean
Spinach (Summer)
Antagonistic Plants
Diseases
Black spot of roses
Soft rot
Brown rot
Pests
Ten-lined potato beetle
Nematodes
Aphids
